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October 25, 2026

Jigs are popular on the lake because they can be fished on the channel drop-offs and for bass spawning on logs in 6 to 8 feet of water.

Natchez Knuckleball: Catch big bass in this state park’s lake

March 14, 2012 Chris Ginn

If you think your 13-year-old daughter is temperamental and mercurial, you haven’t ever spent much time with a Florida-strain largemouth bass. […]

Winners of last year’s Washington tournament were Steve and David White of Monticello, Ark. This was the only MCC tournament these anglers fished.

Snakebit

March 1, 2012 Paul Johnson

What happened to that bad winter we were supposed to have? Didn’t the local weather gurus promise one of the coldest winters last fall? I’m not complaining, mind you. And I know you fishermen aren’t either. Talk about some really great wintertime fishing — boy, this has been nice! […]

The crappie spawn

March 1, 2012 Hal Schramm

Biologists know the basic biology of crappie and have made great strides forward to manage them. Yet, many questions remained unanswered. […]

Follow these directions and fish these 10 hotspots and you’ll find out for yourself why Grenada Lake is called “The Home of the 3-Pound Crappie.”

Crappie Hotspots Series: Grenada Lake

March 1, 2012 Phillip Gentry

Grenada Lake. To anyone who has ever dreamed of catching a monster crappie, the name speaks for itself. Day in and day out, Grenada Lake probably produces more trophy-sized crappie than any other fishery in the country. […]

Tangled rootballs, found at the base of these trees, provide ideal spawning habitat. What more could a March crappie want?

Crappie under cover

March 1, 2012 Phillip Gentry

Veteran guide John Harrison looks forward to fishing Grenada during the spring spawn more than any other time of the year. The spawn is a time when he can catch fish on their own turf, going hand-to-hand with the monster crappie that are home to the lake. […]

The author and his tournament partner, Tommy Moss of Brandon, fished Eagle on Jan. 5, and caught several really good fish jigging the piers. Their best seven weighed just over 13 pounds. Fishing 4 feet deep under piers with wooden supports seemed to be the key.

Delta dominance

February 1, 2012 Paul Johnson

Boy, am I pumped or what! Just about the time I thought I had run out of words to use in this crappie column, someone sends me a picture of some recently caught Eagle Lake slabs. […]

Hyper Lizard

February 1, 2012 Mississippi Sportsman

Lake Fork Trophy Lures’ 9-inch Hyper Lizard is as innovative as it is productive. The action of the segmented body combined with the oversized paddle tail on this unique bait creates a realistic vibration that entices fierce reaction strikes. […]

Bass in our neck of the woods grow very rapidly, but they live shorter lives than their more northern cousins.

Live fast, die young

February 1, 2012 Hal Schramm

Whether your favorite sport fish is catfish or crappie, bass or bream, or any other fish, all fish follow the same biological rules that govern how fast they grow and how big they get. […]

During February, anglers catch a lot of crappie by fishing giant balls of bait out in the middle of the lake.

Crappie Connection

February 1, 2012 Chris Ginn

To hear Chotard Landing Resort manager Mark Johnson explain it, the shoreline of the lake just outside his back door stretched from the Louisiana levee to the Mississippi levee just about a year ago. […]

Bernard Williams likes fishing with tin jigs because they are larger in size than their lead counterparts, and he believes that helps him catch larger fish.

Crappie tournament angler touts tin jig heads

February 1, 2012 Chris Ginn

It’s difficult to get tournament anglers to share their competitive advantages, but Magnolia Crappie Club member Bernard Williams let at least one of his cats out of the bag. […]

Spider rigging over the tops of brushpiles positioned along the first ledge away from the bank is one of the most productive late-winter crappie tactics.

Chotard Landing Resort back in business

February 1, 2012 Chris Ginn

Jerry Johnson bought Chotard Landing Resort back in the early 1980s when it was little more than a fishing camp full of trailers. Johnson had the vision to make it something more, so he started cleaning it up and adding amenities. […]

The spawn will start as early as the end of February at Lake Washington.

Crappie Hotspot Series: Lake Washington

February 1, 2012 Phillip Gentry

The next stop on the Mississippi Sportsman Crappie Hotspot Series tour is Lake Washington. Located approximately 25 miles south of Greenville on Highway 1, Washington is a closed-off oxbow of the Mississippi River; as such, fluctuations in the river don’t affect the lake in the same way as other oxbows, making it a unique fishery among Delta lakes. […]